Brushy Creek Honor Flight May 2019
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-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Army veterans Ron Keigan, at left, along with Joe Sherman, both of Webster City, chat for a few minutes before boarding the 18th Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Saturday morning at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Kathy Ortmann, of Storm Lake, center, along with Sharon Ziegmann, also of Storm Lake, snap a picture of the plane taking their husbands to Washington D.C. on the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight shortly before takeoff Saturday morning at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Jill Lohff, at left, snaps a picture of her husband, Army veteran Dave Lohff, of Fort Dodge, before he boards the 18th Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight to Washington D.C. at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport Saturday morning.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Under a sky just starting to get light, veterans board the 18th Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Saturday morning at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport for their day in Washington D.C.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Army veteran Harry VAn Grevenhof waves Saturday morning from his seat shortly before the 18th Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight took off from the Fort Dodge Regional Airport.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
The Sun Country 737-800 taking the members of the 18th Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight taxies towards the runway Saturday morning at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
The 18th Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight is just a speck in the sky Saturday morning as the craft gains altitude and turn east towards its destination of Washington D.C.
Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Army veteran Ken Schoon, of Ida Grove, is welcomed by a member of the roughly 400-strong greeting committee that was on hand Saturday when the Brushy Creek Area honor Flight arrived at Dulles International Airport in Virigina.
Messenger photo by Bill Shea
This sign directed veterans who flew on the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight to the restrooms when they arrived at Dulles International Airport in Virigina Saturday.
Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Army veteran Ronald Keigan, of Webster City, is greeted by one of the roughly 400 people who welcomed the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Saturday at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Charles Ziegmann, seated, of Wall Lake, listens to a bagpiper play at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Saturday. Frank Zimmer, of Deloit, is behind him, while Gary Renze, of Lake View, looks on at left. The three veterans went to Washington, D.C., on the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight.
